 | Europe - 1823 - 946 pages
...communities. But General Jackson thought differently ; for, in his official order, he says, that " it is an established principle of the law of nations,...individual of a nation, making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate."... | |
 | Political science - 1819 - 480 pages
...justification of the executions, principally of Ambrister, but applying to both Arbuthnot and Ambrister: " it is an established principle of the law of nations,...any individual of a nation, making war against the citizen of another nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1822 - 772 pages
...the prisoner acknowledges and justifies. On the other hand, it is stated in the sentence, to be «' an established principle of the law of nations, that...individual of a nation making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and pirate. Thi»... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...communities. But General Jackson thought differently ; for, in his official order, he says, that " it is an established principle of the law of nations,...individual of a. nation, making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate."... | |
 | Europe - 1823 - 944 pages
...communities. But General Jackson thought differently ; for, in his official order, he says, that " it is an established principle of the law of nations, that any individual of a nation, makingwar against the citizens of any other naUon, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, ana... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Explorers - 1823 - 428 pages
...against the United States, those nations being at peace. It is an established principle of the laws of nations, that any individual of a nation, making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and pirate. This... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo, An American officer - Military history - 1825 - 372 pages
...against the United States, those nations being at peace. It is an established principle of the laws of nations, that any individual of a nation making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and pirate. This... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 542 pages
...Jackson, which may be found in his general orders commanding the execution of these men, is, " that it is an established principle of the law of nations,...individual of a nation, making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate."... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1827 - 452 pages
...Jackson, which may be found in his general orders commanding the execution of these men, is, " that it is an established principle of the law of nations,...individual of a nation, making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate."... | |
 | William Joseph Snelling - Enslaved persons - 1831 - 230 pages
...On this occasion general Jackson made this strange declaration. ' It is an established principle in the law of nations, that any individual of a nation making war upon the citizens of another nation, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate.'... | |
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It is an established principle of the laws of nations that any individual of a nation making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance and becomes an outlaw and pirate. This is the case of Robert C. Ambrister,... 
